Vikram Mansharamani

- Connecting the dots between demographics, economics, politics, and technology to help the audience see a set of possible futures that might unfold. - Audience will leave with both a view of the world and a framework for thinking about future developments. - Description of how short term may be filled with cross-currents (deflation, currency/trade wars, commodity dynamics, geopolitics) but that long-term may be dominated by a global middle class consumption boom. - Emphasis on 4 big developments in the future: (1) aging of developed world, (2) acceleration of technology's impact, (3) China's transition from an investment-driven to a consumption-driven economy, (4) the destabilizing impact of shale, alternative energy, and the energy boom.